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Should your next groupset be electronic?
At the top end of the bicycle market, you’ll now almost always find bikes kitted out with electronic groupsets. Every pro team uses electronic shif...
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PORTRAITS OF THE CYCLIST
Pearson’s new Swift Half sweatshirt celebrates the extraordinary work of Frank Patterson, the prodigious pen-and-ink virtuoso and cycling’s very ow...
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THINK BIKE.
A by-product of the global pandemic was a cycling boom. Yet it might also change the way we live, work (and ride) forever.
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DESIGNER’S GILD
Our popular Hammerandtongs carbon road bike is marking its 10th birthday with some striking new aero updates. Pearson bike designer Scott Decker ex...
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Mind How You Go
Riding regularly is good for both body and brain. But there are times when it can give us even more, that Zen-like peace you can only find on two w...
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How To Tame A Dragon
Think cycling up Snowdon is tricky? Try doing it twice on the same day. In the first of a new series of epic rides, Pearson reports on a Welsh moun...
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Head For Change
A cycling mindset for pro rugby. Even with upwards of 74,000 baying fans packed into a rugby stadium, the sound of two giants coming together ...
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The Roots of Gravel
The roots of gravel riding are said to be planted in the mud of cyclocross racing. We highlight the differences between gravel versus cross riding...
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Streets Ahead
The growing popularity of cycling can only be a good thing for our health, fitness and mental wellbeing. While many cities are making progress, a l...
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Tyre Tracks
Nemone, the 6 Music DJ (and Pearson bike rider) offers an expertly curated playlist to kickstart your riding in 2021. Nemone is a woman of many ta...
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A Thank You From Pearson.
Christmas offers the chance for reflection, a time to bid farewell to the old year and look ahead to the new. The 2020 edition can’t come soon enou...
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